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CFC, a specialist insurance provider, reports that the global digital healthcare industry is booming, driven by technology advancements and shifting patient expectations. Now, the cyber risk part. CFC’s latest Digital Healthcare Report highlights key trends shaping the sector, emphasizing the rising risks from cyber threats, AI liability, and telemedicine practices. AI Liability and Data Privacy … Read more
“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.” That old military adage applies as much to cybersecurity as it does to battlefields. If you are attacking, you need adaptation built into the attack plan. Cybercriminals are heeding this old wisdom in the digital world. The 2025 Sophos Active Adversary Report cyber attackers are quickly pivoting … Read more
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often approach cybersecurity like teenagers behind the wheel; they travel on convinced that bad things “won’t happen to me.” This naïve mindset blinds them to the rising onslaught of cyber threats, from phishing scams and deepfake attacks to ransomware and data breaches. VikingCloud’s 2025 SMB Threat Landscape Report reveals the … Read more
Hyped as the future’s greatest innovation, AI technology is rapidly becoming cybercriminals’ favorite weapon, warns the “2025 AI Threat Report” by KELA. To be fair, the matter of whose future it will innovate leaves much to unfold. Picture AI as a razor-sharp chef’s knife—it can skillfully create gourmet masterpieces. Misused, it can wreak havoc. Cybercriminals, … Read more
“Quishing (QR Code Phishing) (is a) rapidly growing attack vector, increasing from 0.8% of phishing attempts in 2022 to 12.4% in 2024,” reports Intersys, a UK company that provides cyber risk management services to the insurance sector. Other cyber experts are sounding the same alarm, plus warning of “brushing,” another scam increasingly linked in quishing. The quishing … Read more